Located at Sunrise Beach in the Noosa Shire, Phase 1 of the BlueCare Sunrise Beach Aged Care facility is scheduled to be completed by mid December 2023. In an area where demand for aged care is growing faster than many other parts of Australia, the first 102 residents will be welcomed into their quality new homes early in 2024.

Key Benefits Delivered

By utilising LGS made from TRUECORE® steel for the walls, trusses and bracing, the project achieved the following benefits:

Prefabricated for a fast build

Designing and prefabricating the LGS framing off site required builder Badge Constructions to work more closely with fabricator Ultimate Steel Framing. Items such as safety, PWD rails and TV recess areas were all factored into the framing from the start, helping to reduce mistakes and delays.

Lightweight and strong fills the design brief

BlueCare Sunrise Beach Aged Care Facility required a true “domestic” living experience with small clusters of private rooms centred around courtyards or views. With an impressive strength to weight ratio, LGS framing made from TRUECORE® steel supports wide spans that form the backbone of these light-filled villas.

Termite proof without insecticides

LGS framing made from TRUECORE® steel is termite proof without treatment from insecticides. For the client UnitingCare Queensland (UnitingCare), this was an important consideration for its residents. Additionally, TRUECORE® steel won’t warp, twist or shrink even in a tropical environment.

Project highlights

Reflecting recommendations set out by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, each of the private accommodation rooms at Sunrise Beach Aged Care Facility is designed to operate like a small household, offering residents a better lifestyle and superior quality of care.

Pino Gentile, Principal Architect at Thomson Adsett, articulates his brief, "The design of the Sunrise Beach Aged Care Facility responds to ‘Person Centred Care’. Homes are designed to provide residents with an authentic domestic experience and are modelled in small clusters of 8-9 private rooms. Each room is located around a series of light-filled courtyards, or alternatively provides views of the adjacent national park. Residents can easily access common areas and spaces in order to socialise or get food and drink from the house kitchen whenever they want to.”

In a location where the demand for aged care accommodation is continuing to grow faster than most other parts of Australia, the timely provision of quality new homes for residents is critical.